DWR_3348303

• Board or Commission: Colorado Ground Water Commission
• Document Type - Board and Commission Meetings: Meeting Document
• Document Date: 5/15/2009
• Subject: MEETING MATERIALS

May 15, 2009 Meeting

MEMORANDUM

TO: Dick Wolfe, Executive Director – Ground Water Commission

FROM: Keith Vander Horst, Designated Basins Team

SUBJECT: Staff Activity Report for February 1, 2009 through April 30, 2009

Various activities performed during the last quarter are briefly described below.

New and Replacement Applications

Table 1 provides a breakdown, by basin, of permitting activity for the last quarter. Permit activities are summarized as follows:

Small capacity:
167 small-capacity new and replacement well permit applications were received
108 small-capacity new and replacement well permits were issued

Large Capacity:
256 large-capacity new and replacement well permit applications, and Determination of Water Right applications, were received
14 large-capacity new and replacement well permits were issued
In addition, approximately 65 Determinations of Water Rights were approved.

Table 2 provides details on the pending individual large-capacity new and replacement permit applications and Determination of Water Right applications.

Change Applications

Table 1 also gives a breakdown, by basin, of change application activities for the last quarter:
52 new applications were received
5 change applications were approved

Table 3 provides details on the individual pending change applications.

Final Permit Activities

Below is a summary of the Final Permit Activity for the last quarter and a summary of the status of the Final Permit Project as a whole. Final permitting activity is generally on hold
due to reduced staffing levels. What activity is occurring is for the Southern High Plains, Kiowa-Bijou, and Upper Black Squirrel Creek Designated Basins.

Final Permit Activity This Quarter
Basin Requests for SBUs* Permits Clarified Permits Published Final
Permits Issued
Misc. Contacts** Southern High Plains 0 7 0 0 15 Upper Big Sandy 0 0 0 0 0 Kiowa-Bijou 0 0 0 0 0 Northern High Plains 0 0 0 0 0 Lost Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Camp Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Upper
Black Squirrel Creek 0 0 0 0 0
* This field tracks only the first request for a Statement of Beneficial Use (SBUs).
** This field tracks meetings with the irrigators, telephone conversations, second and third requests for SBUs and other correspondence such as corrections to a previously submitted
statement, reminders to return an amended statement or a request for a change in ownership form.

Final Permit Activity to Date Basin Total Number of Permits Total Final Permits Issued Percent Complete Upper Crow Creek
103
102
99% Northern High Plains 4247
4246
100% Lost Creek 414 292 71% Camp Creek 50 44 88% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 210 139 66% Southern High Plains 1243 401 32% Kiowa-Bijou 967 467 48% Upper Big Sandy 122 122 100% Total 7356 5813
79%
Objections/Hearings

Below is a list of cases pending with the Commission. Details on these cases are contained in the Attorney General’s and Hearing Officer's reports. The Staff took part in pre-hearing
conferences, preparation of pre-hearing statements, and otherwise worked on resolving these cases. The Booker applications were tried by the El Paso County District Court; the applicants
have requested the Court to reconsider. The Upper Black Squirrel Creek GWMD Rules 17, 18 & 19 were approved by the El Paso County District Court; and have been appealed to the Supreme
Court. The Central & John Moser request to designate the Box Elder Creek basin has been appealed to the Weld County District Court.